Questions

417. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has had any engagement with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) regarding allowing eligibility letters for special school placement to be provided after the October 1st deadline in cases with exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73293/25]

418. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the €69 million investment allocated to strengthen the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73295/25]

419. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of a new secondary school in Kildare town (details supplied), including the expected start of construction, completion of the project and opening of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73302/25]

420. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73311/25]

421. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when occupational therapists and speech and language therapists will be recruited from a recruitment drive to service children in several counties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73312/25]

422. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the agreement made in November 2025 between the Government and institutional abuse survivors who had been on hunger strike. [73341/25]

423. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the number of schools offering physical education as a Leaving Certificate school subject. [73345/25]

424. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the new teaching posts that will be funded under Budget 2026. [73346/25]

425. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the new school leadership (deputy principal) posts that will be funded under Budget 2026. [73347/25]

426. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on schools (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73378/25]

427. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on schools (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73379/25]

428. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73380/25]

429. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73381/25]

430. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73382/25]

431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the following case (details supplied) and if she will instruct her Department to ensure that the child in question is able to have adequate transport to school. [73385/25]

432. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male and female teachers in primary schools on a county-by-county breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73410/25]

433. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male and female teachers in post primary schools on a county-by-county breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73411/25]

434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of male and female teachers in primary schools across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73412/25]

435. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of male and female teachers in post primary schools across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73413/25]

436. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male teachers and female teachers in the education system at both primary and secondary level each year for the period 2015 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73414/25]

437. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in schools across the state at primary and post primary level with a diagnosis of an additional need ad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73415/25]

438. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of boys and girls in primary school which have a diagnosis of an additional need; the breakdown by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73416/25]

439. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on WRC talks with a union (details supplied) involving school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73444/25]

440. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a schedule of campaigns over the last five years aimed at attracting teachers working abroad to come back to work in Ireland; the duration of the campaigns; the format they took; the total expenditure associated with each; a schedule of external parties used in respect of the campaigns; and the jurisdictions in which campaigns were run. …

441. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has concerns regarding aspects of the tendering process (details supplied) for the provision of free school meals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73453/25]